This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Australian Explorers
1802 -	English explorer Matthew Flinders names Spencer Gulf in South Australia. [more]
Australian History
1942 -	US General Douglas Macarthur first makes his famous "I shall return" speech at Terowie, South Australia. [more]
World History
1602 -	The Dutch East India company, which was indirectly responsible for many discoveries in the Pacific, is formed. [more]
1974 -	An attempt is made to kidnap Princess Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. [more]
1991 -	Singer Eric Clapton's four-year-old son falls to his death from an open apartment window, 53 storeys up. [more]
1995 -	A Tokyo subway is attacked with Sarin gas. [more]